ANNOUNCEMENTS:
New publication by Alice Vadrot in Environmental Science & Policy
Buidling authority and relevance in the early history of IPBES
This paper reviews the early history of IPBES and focuses on epistemic choices that occurred early on in its establishment and assessment work.
Read the paper here.
New forum piece by Alice Vadrot in Critical Policy Studies
Multilaterism as a `site´ of struggle over environmental knowledge: the North-South divide
This forum piece discusses why multilateral spaces are key ‘sites’ for studying struggles over environmental knowledge and how Collaborative Event Ethnography (CEE) can open up new avenues for Critical Policy Studies.
Read the forum piece here.
University Assistant (prae doc) position at the Research Platform Governance of digital practices
Application deadline July 6, 2020
The post holder based in the Department of Political Science, who will collaborate with colleagues in all departments and faculties involved in the research platform, will be expected to develop a research project related to digital and material commons, understood as a particular form of collaborative governance of shared resources.
More information about the vacancy here.
IN THE MEDIA:
Alice Vadrot in Ö1 Radiokolleg (in German)
Das Meer. Ort der Sehnsucht, Ort der Gesetzlosigkeit
June 2-4, 2020
When we think of the sea, we think of the immensity, the rumbling and roaring, the freedom and eventually the holidays. It has always symbolized the unknown – even today, parts of the ocean depths have not been explored.
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Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki in the Plastic Shift Podcast Series
Government Policies in Plastic Pollution
May 25, 2020
The Plastic Shift is a team of students researching several aspects of global plastic pollution and developing awareness videos on youtube.
Ina shared insights on marine plastic pollution, government politics on the global level, and further solutions to tackle this problem-hopefully at its source.
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